This letter was first published in the 2017 ABP Annual Report By David G. Nichols, MD, MBA Dear Colleagues, We are in a period of...

By David G. Nichols, MD, MBA Thanks to the impressive and collegial work of more than 11,000 pediatricians who are volunteering their time and insights...

By Trevor Fleck, MPA The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) MOCA-Peds 2017 pilot is off to a strong start. All pediatricians whose MOC examination was...

Carol Carraccio, MD, MA, is Vice President of Competency-Based Assessment for the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Carraccio has received the 2017 Joseph W. St...

Natasha Sriraman, MD Breastfeeding is good for infants and mothers. Countless studies in the U.S. and throughout the world support this. According to breastfeeding data...

By Andy Dwyer, PhD The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) wants all of its exams to assess pediatricians’ grasp of knowledge critical to current pediatric...

By Linda A. Althouse, PhD During the design of MOCA-Peds we spent a considerable amount of time and effort discussing security. After all, the plan...

The ABP is in the home stretch for the 2017 MOCA-Peds pilot, scheduled to launch on Monday, January 9.

Vanessa G. Carroll, MD reflects on her participation in the ABP's new testing pilot focus groups.

The ABP has been working with an independent research institution, RTI International, to reach out to pediatricians and elicit their feedback.

MOCA-Peds task force has been charged with developing questions, finding references, & writing educational rationales for use in the pilot.

The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) continuously engages in thorough reviews of its many content outlines—also known as the blueprints—that define what content will be covered on examinations. The examination committees and subboards work diligently to keep up with the rapidly growing body of medical knowledge by routinely adding new content specifications and revising or deleting outdated specifications as needed. Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Gastroenterology are two subboards that recently completed this work.